Black Conservative Voices Heard (Part 2)

Q: I always say that the GOP is terrible at outreach to the black community. They just assume that the belief in liberty, free markets, and family values will bring people in, how can the GOP more effectively reach out to the black community?

“There is no way to “effectively reach out” to the Black community, in my opinion. If we do, we will come across as pandering, since it just comes SO naturally to the Democrats. It will seem almost unreal that we are actually catering to the Black URBAN demographic. Also, trying to specifically “market” to the Black community will essentially negate everything that we as Conservatives feel about NOT using identity politics, which is a concept totally abused by liberals. We would be labeled as hypocrites, giving some argument leverage to race-baiting liberals. “Don’t you Conservatives dislike racial politics and try to avoid it every chance you get? Why are you NOW trying to reach out specifically to the Black community? That’s a pretty racist way to gain political power!” (Never mind the fact that Democrats have done this for 40 years)…”

Marquis “Motionn” Campbell is a 24 year old conservative Republican from New Jersey with a Psychology Degree from Morgan State University. His influences are Kira Davis (Conservative Daily News/The Dark Side), AlfonZo Rachel (Macho Sauce Productions), Tony Katz, Takia Hollowell, Talitha McEachin (Herman Cain TV), Rush Limbaugh. His aspiration is to restore fiscal/social sanity to my impoverished city, and expose the lies that have been fed to urban communities for 5 decades. To become one who leads by the power of my example, not the example of my power. To show that THE PEOPLE (not the elected officials) are the true heroes that can save Paterson, NJ from itself.

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“Would it shock you if I said that NOBODY knows that’s the conservative message but us? Mitt should’ve said from DAY ONE,

“Hi, I’m Mitt Romney. I’m a very rich man. I made my money is business. The same businesses that millions of you work in today. I’ve hired thousands of people who make good money every week. If elected, I plan to do the same thing for the whole country. Especially the areas that are hit the hardest by unemployment. Namely, the black community. VOTE MITT FOR MORE JOBS!”

Not abortion. Not the environment. Jobs & opportunity.”

Darnell Tabor is a Machine Operator in Kalamazoo Michigan. He is also a an amateur social activist & avid home improvement do-it-yourselfer. When he’s not being called names on Twitter & Facebook, He enjoys spending hermit-level amounts of time with his wife of 20 years & 3 school-aged kids.

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“I don’t think it’s really so much the GOP who’s not reaching out, it’s the black community who won’t let the GOP in. Until the black community starts educating themselves and their children and seeing themselves as a valid voice and stops seeing themselves as the victim, they will always be held captive to the left.”

“The GOP has been abysmal when it comes to reaching out to the Black community, but I believe a great part of that has to do with a media driven narrative that perpetuates Conservatives as racist, sexist, homophobic, etc. .. The GOP has an uphill battle to be sure, but that doesn’t mean it’s not worth the fight. The GOP needs to counter the negative commentaries against them perpetrated by the press and social media by continuing to press on with a positive pro-growth common sense message. Continuing to champion minority Conservatives by offering them a platform from which to speak from, but above all else – the GOP needs to continue to unify its message. I believe if we can promote the things we have in common and stop being divided on the trivial things, the message will carry more clout to the American people.”

Torrey M. Spears is a Conservative blogger from Florida. A graduate of the University of Central Florida, Torrey maintains and operates TorreySpears.com – “Truth from a Non-Hyphenated American”; where politics, sports, and pop culture meet in a common sense presentation. He also hosts “The 3rd Degree” podcast and is active on twitter (@torreymspears).

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Sometime we can be terrible at pointing out the obvious, which feeds into your next question for me. The majority of Black Americans are Christians. We believe in family, fellowship with other Believers, Charity for the less fortunate, and while most of us believe in rights for all people-we do not believe homosexuality is normal and therefore do not condone gay marriage. All of these things are Conservative values. Unfortunately black nationalists and “race pimps” like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton have hijacked the narrative, telling us such lies like “Jesus was a socialist,” and that charity comes from the government, and welfare and other government handouts are necessary. The problem is, after 50+ years of this filth, very little in the inner cities have changed. They have called Conservatives and Republicans ”racist old white men” for so long, it’s ingrained into the heads of most black people. Repeat a lie often enough, and it will be believed, I guess…”

Giacomo Knox, Reality TV Producer, Screenwriter, Commercial Actor

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There are several ways the GOP can build a relationship with the black community. First, they must not wait until an election year to reach out. It will come across as a tactic of desperation, and many will not see them as sincere or genuine. Secondly, they need to feel comfortable talking to the black community in their own skin. They don’t have to put on a fake persona or attempt to be someone they are not. Be real. Be transparent. Thirdly, while the GOP does have a rich history regarding the African-American community, it does no good to invoke Lincoln and how the Republican Party opposed slavery if that is the best and only argument. They need to be effective communicators on issues that will benefit minorities such as school choice and entrepreneurship.

Lastly, in discussing these issues I would highly suggest that there been a case of sensitivity and compassion. I’m not in favoring of treating one race different from another, but I do believe there needs to be a feeling of empathy for minorities who are feeling social and economic pain due to liberal strongholds, and the GOP needs to focus more on their freedoms than mocking or highlighting their previous conditions.

“I’ve become somewhat jaded in that respect because I believe that the GOP leadership has become corrupted and almost as elitist as the Democrat leadership. Therein lies the failure. The aforementioned draw of liberty, free markets, and family values have drawn some blacks, but co-opting the civil rights agenda is the most successful thing the Democrats have done.”

Erik Rush is a New York-born columnist, author and speaker who writes sociopolitical commentary for WorldNetDaily,Canada Free Press, and other online and print publications. In February of 2007, Erik was the first to break the story of President (then Senator) Barack Obama’s ties to militant Chicago preacher Rev. Jeremiah Wright on a national level, which ignited a media firestorm that smolders to this day. His latest book, “Negrophilia: From Slave Block to Pedestal ~ America’s Racial Obsession,” examines the racist policies by which the political left keeps black Americans in thralldom, white Americans guilt-ridden and yielding, and maintains the fallacy that America remains an institutionally racist nation.

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This commentary universally ignores the main driver behind blacks voting for Democrats. That being their income/wealth. Economic plans that involve cutting taxes for rich people while slashing public services for everyone else will be poorly received by non-rich people.

Republicans have used this agenda for a long time. Blacks have been generally not-rich forever. This is going to be a very hard road to climb for the GOP.

One of the commenters explained that blacks just need a better education. Apparently an education will inform poor people that capital gains tax cuts paired with fewer health care opportunities for poor people is a good idea for the poor. The commenters view that poor people are just too stupid to understand that math seems like a common one on the right. This is why the GOP will never attract many votes from the black community. They arent stupid.

Jason never said all blacks are poor. He said in general they haven’t been wealthy for several generations. They understand that it’s easier to get out of poverty with a hand up and they know that the playing field isn’t level.

I know it’s easy to use terms like “Santa Claus” because the Democrats do always promise “goodies” to get votes, and then go on to live their lavish lifestyles, like all politicians, but people who receive these benefits honestly do not look at it like “Santa Claus.” I think they look at as government taking care of them and don’t equate it with hardworking people paying the bill. They have been told they deserve it, need it, and can’t live without it. It’s generationally and it is destroying them.

This is a good one. Programs like Social Security and Medicare, which people pay into, are “Santa Claus” programs? That attitude explains why tea partiers would like to scale them back or eliminate them, as republicans have wanted to do from the beginning.

We’ll all be on our own in tea party America. It would be a very mean place.

If the GOP wants the votes, they must realize there are more poor people than rich people in this country. As a conserviative myself, I find it difficult to vote against my own economic interests (i’m not rich). And as a Christian, I find it difficult to vote for a party that disregards the poor.

Well, just so you know. Conservatives give 30% more to the poor and needy than liberals. We give more time and blood too. So, we care about the poor a great deal, we just recognize that the government has now created a underclass of people trapped in generational poverty and dependency, and that is wrong. So, as a Christian you should be voting Republican, and clearly, as a citizen, you should be better informed. Remember when Obama promised to only tax “the rich?” Well, everyone’s taxes have gone up. And he has already spent the higher taxes on the “rich.” All before the end of January. See? The truth is harder to take than the propaganda.

Do Conservatives give 30% more to the poor or just 30% more in charitable giving? Churches get 60% of all donations in the US, but only a small amount of that goes to assist the poor. For example, generousgiving.org reports that only 1% of the money donated by members of the Southern Baptist Convention went to benevolences.

Well, that is a complete lie. I can’t speak for the Southern Baptist Convention, but the largest Christian faith in the world, Catholicism spends quite a bit on the needy. More than any other private organization on earth. The numbers are hard to come by, but an article in the Economist says that the Church spent $170 billion in 2010 on the poor in the U.S.. Yes, $270 BILLION. Most of that was for health care for the poor (which is ironic, considering how this administration is trying to force them out of healthcare), followed by colleges (presumably to help pay for college for the poor) with parish day to day operations only accounting for about 6%. In addition, Catholic institutions employ over 1 million people. Not to mention the number of hospitals, schools, & homes for the needy. Did I mention this is just in America? There is no measure for the amount of charity the Catholic Church has given the world in orphanages, schools, healthcare, food, and shelter for the poor all over the world. I understand your ignorance of these things. The Church doesn’t brag, and the media never does stories on it’s “benevolences.”

Oh yes, all the money spent of “educational opportunities” has really paid off in the inner city, hasn’t it? Health care? Loans? Oh yes, we see the evidence all around us. Such good things happening in these communities! Good grief Jason, the truth is there right before our eyes.